June 26, 2025

Influenza Has Struck Bakerton

The influenza has struck Bakerton and work at the lime plant there has been considerably interfered with on account of so much sickness among the employees and their families. There has been one death from the […]
January 12, 2025

Jefferson Co., Most Productive in the Valley of VA

JEFFERSON COUNTYOne Of The Most Productive In The Valley Of Virginia.LIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGESCharlestown, The County Seat– Growth In Population And Manufactures– Railroad Facilities. [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, W. VA., Oct. 8.– Jefferson county […]
October 3, 2023

“Tough Bunch”; Samuel Knott’s Store

“Tough Bunch” gathered in front of Samuel Knott’s store in Bakerton. L to R: Samuel Knott, John Martin Welsh, Robert Hoffman, Roy Hoffmaster, Wallace Grim, Grover Mills, Unidentified
July 18, 2023

Mary E. Grim, Ever-Busy Death

A couple of weeks ago Miss Mary E. Grim, who lived with her brothers near Bakerton, this county, came to Shepherdstown to visit her sister, Mrs. Sarah Jones. Wednesday she was taken suddenly ill, and by […]
May 29, 2020

Obituary: Mrs. Agnes Jamison

Mrs. Agnes JamisonMrs. Agnes Savilla Jamison, 75, of Sharpsburg, died Friday afternoon at the Martin Manor Nursing Home where she had been a patient for two years. She was born in Bakerton, W. Va., and was […]